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The New York Times web site had a software rock paper scissors software. I gave it a whirl and was soon down twelve. Dang, this thing knows my tricks.

So, I would come up with a move. I assumed the computer could predict my move then choose the move to beat it. So I made the move to beat THAT move. It worked. I won twelve in a row to get even, then quit.

But I'm sure a really serious rock paper scissors program would figure out what I was up to and react.

What would be the case if computers started creating their own algorithms?

That's pretty much what machine learning is. Sure, machine learning is directed by an algorithm, but no one knows what the computer is going to do once it has learned. It is difficult to understand why it makes the choices it does.

Two computers given the same training set but in a different order will learn differently.

I expect that "machine learning" is programmed by a human based on an algorithm created by a human.

I don't think this is the case. True machine learning, also called "deep learning" involves setting up a neural network conceptually similar to the ones in a human brain, and then training the network with a training database. In this case, even the person who designed the network doesn't know exactly what the computer is doing or why it makes the decisions that it does. It is not algorithmic in the sense that we usually think of it.

Good Call phyzguy "True machine learning, also called "deep learning" involves setting up a neural network conceptually similar to the ones in a human brain, and then training the network with a training database."

Good Call phyzguy "True machine learning, also called "deep learning" involves setting up a neural network conceptually similar to the ones in a human brain, and then training the network with a training database."

Good Call phyzguy "True machine learning, also called "deep learning" involves setting up a neural network conceptually similar to the ones in a human brain, and then training the network with a training database."